That’s 13 draft picks, leaving six more
before the Mets get to pick. Oh… by the way… if I’m wrong and one of the above
names are still left on the board, send the name up to the Commissioner and let
the party begin.

The Wild Card

Every draft has at least one player
picked in the first round that have all of us running to our Baseball America
material to try to find out just who the hell is this guy. Tampa Bay’s 13th
overall pick of 3B Josh Lowe out of Bowling
Green was like this in the last draft.

That would mean that one pick will come
out of nowhere, leaving five more before the Mets pick.

The Candidates (stats through 5-16)

RHSP
Tanner Houck/Missouri – 13-G, 4-7, 2.89,
90.1-IP, 91-K – 6-5, 220 – three season total of 3.13, 288/60-K-BB. Fastball
has been clocked up to 98. Got off to a very rough start this season but is
finishing strong. His best pitch is a slider.

RHSP
Griffin Canning/UCLA – 14-G, 5-3, 2.51, 93.1-IP,
114-K – fastball only sits in low 90s but he gets most of his k’s from a ++
curve and slider.6-1, 165-pounds.

RHSP
Hans Crouse/Dana Hills (CA) HS – fast ball
ranges 93-95 but does hit 97… slider is 74-78 with late bite… could use some
meat on his 6-5, 195-lb frame.

RHSP
Wil Crowe/South Carolina – 13-G, 5-4, 3.50,
79.2-IP, 72-K – Crowe struggled through 2015 and eventually went down with a
torn ulnar collateral ligament and went under the knife for TJS. He’s come back
fully healed this season. 6-2, 235 – mid-90s fastball and 4-pitch mix. I know
his well and he’d be an asset on any team

LHSP
DL Hall/Houston County (GA) HS – 6-1, 180 – Fastball
is in the 90-94 range and does hit 96. He does project to have possible more
velocity to come. Also has an excellent curve and what many draft experts thing
is the best high school breaking ball in the draft.

LHSP
David Peterson/Oregon – 13-G, 10-3, 2.29,
86.1-IP, 122-K, 12-BB – My favorite, though there is a good chance he will be
gone due to laye season K9 success. Check this out again… 122-Ks… 12-BBs. K-BB
ration leads D1 baseball. Awesome frame… 6-6, 240 – A broken fibula ended his
basketball career but actually turned him to baseball -

1B/LHP
Nick Pratto/Huntington Beach (CA) HS – a really
good pitcher (fastball only touches 90) but most consider him the top bat in
the draft… 6- 2, 195…

SS
Logan Warmoth/UNC – 51-G, .344/.418/.578, 9-HR,
39-RBI – a great hitter, a better fielder… has moved quickly up the mock drafts
in the past two months… considered one of the safest picks in the draft

3B
Jake Burger/Missouri State – 50-G,
.345/.459/.706, 20-HR, 56-RBI – I think this is the college home run leader.
For that reason alone he should be considered.

OF
Bubba Thompson/McGill-Toolin Catholic (AL) HS - Thompson is anall- state high school football quarterback that has dropped football to commit to play baseball at Alabama but he may find it hard not to sign on draft day. Compared to Deion Sanders